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1 MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT 

2 AIR AND RADIATION MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION 

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6 PUBLIC HEARING 

7 RELATING TO 26.11.26 

8 TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY 

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13 The in the above matter commenced on 

14 Tuesday, August 31, 2010, at the MDE Headquarters, 

15 Montgomery Park, 1800 Washington evard, Baltimore, 

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18 BEFORE: DEBORAH RABIN, Hearing 

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20 Reported by: Metcalf 

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3 ON BEHALF OF THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT: 

4 DEBORAH RABIN 

5 Regulation Development or 

6 Regulation Development sion - ARMA 

7 Maryland Department of 

8 1800 Washington Boulevard, te 730 

9 Baltimore, Maryland 21230 

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11 JIM WILKINSON 

12 Natural Resources Planner 

13 Air Quality Planning Program ARMA 

14 Maryland Department of ronment 

15 1800 Washington Boulevard 

16 Baltimore, Maryland 21230 

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4 Deborah Rabin, MDE 4 

5 Jim Wilkinson, MDE 6 

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1 PRO C E E 0 I N G S 

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3 MS. RABIN: Good morning. On behalf of 

4 Department of the Environment and the Air and Radiation 

5 Management Administration, I would like to welcome you to 

6 this public hearing. 

7 My name is Deborah I am the Regulat 

8 Coordinator for the Air and Radiation Management 

9 Administration. I will serve as ing officer for 

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11 I would like to ask all of you in attendance 

12 today to se sign in, if you haven't already done so. 

13 This will help us to keep an accurate record of the 

14 people who participate in the Also, copies of 

15 our regulations, related documents, and the Department's 

16 statement are available on for your 

17 information. 

18 purpose of this is to give you 

19 opportuni to comment on: 

20 (1) Maryland's Conformity regulations under 

21 COMAR 26.11.26; 

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1 (2) submission of these regulations to 

2 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval as 

3 part of Maryland's State Implementation Plan (SIP), 

4 (3) a Maryland document "Revision to 

5 Maryland's ion Conformity State Implementation 

6 Plan" that conta commitments required by federal law 

7 and that will also be submitted to EPA approval as 

8 part of the Maryland State Implementation Plan. 

9 Not this hearing in the Maryland 

10 Register on July 30, 2010; on MOE's website from July 

11 2010 to August 31, 2010; The BaIt Sun on July 30, 

12 2010; and The Washington Post on July 29, 2010. 

13 This ing will proceed the following 

14 order. First, Mr. Jim Wilkinson wi make a statement on 

15 behalf of the Air and Radiation Management 

16 Administration. er Mr. Wilkinson is finished, I will 

17 calIon any e official or government official who 

18 wants to make a statement. Then, I will call upon anyone 

19 else who indi on the sign-in that he or she 

20 would like to rna a statement. 

21 When giving your statement, ease identify 

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1 yourself and your 1 , and give your statement 

2 loudly and clearly. Are any questions? 

3 (No response.) 

4 MS. RABIN: I 11 now on Mr. Wilkinson. 

5 MR. WILKINSON: My name is Jim Wilkinson. I am 

6 a Natural Resources Planner the r Quality Planning 

7 Program of the and at Management 

8 Administration of and Department of Environment, 

9 MOE. I am submitting is ring statement into the 

10 record. 

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12 Statement of the Air and Radiation 

13 Management Administration 

14 Department of the Environment 

15 for the Public Hearing 

16 Relating to COMAR 26.11.26 Transportation Conformity 

17 held on August 31, 2010 

18 Baltimore, MD 

19 My name is Jim Wil am a Natural 

20 Resources Planner in r ng Program of 

21 the Air and Radiation Management stration, Maryland 

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1 Department of Environment (MOE). 

2 s public hearing is ing held pursuant to 

3 the requirements of 40 CFR Sect 51.102 and Sections 2-

4 301 et. of the Environment Article, Annotated 

5 of Maryland. It is also being in conformance with 

6 the State strative Procedures Act under the State 

7 Government Art e, beginning at Section 10-101. 

8 Notice of this hearing red in the: 

9 Maryland Register on July 30, 2010; MOE's website from 

10 July 22, 2010 to August 31, 2010; Baltimore Sun on July 

11 30, 2010; and Washington Post on July 29, 2010. 

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13 record. 

14 1 text of the Conformity regulations 

15 been avai for public review at: 

16 (1) Maryland Department of the 

17 Environment's at the following s: 

18 http://www.mde.state.md.us/AboutMDE/regcomments.asp 

19 (2) Division of State Documents website at 

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21 http://www.dsd.state.md.us!comar!subtitle chapters!26 Cha 

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2 The regulations have been available public 

3 review at the following ions: the Air and ion 

4 Management Administrat ; regional offices of 

5 Department in Cumberland and Salisbury; all local a 

6 quality control offices; and local health departments in 

7 those counties not having rate air quality cont 

8 of ces. 

9 The document t led "Revision to Maryland's 

10 Transportation Conformity State Implementation an" 

11 been available for public ew at: 

12 http://www.mde.state.md.us/Programs/AirPrograms/air 

13 ing/index.asp 

14 Summary 

15 The purpose of today's hearing is to give 

16 public an opportunity to comment on: 

17 (1) Maryland's Conformity regulations 

18 COMAR 26. 11. 26; 

19 (2) MOE's submis of these regulations to 

20 the Environmental Prot on Agency (EPA) for approval as 

21 part of Maryland's State Implementation Plan (SIP), and 

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1 (3) a Maryland document titled "Revis to 

2 Maryland's Transportation Conformity State Implementation 

3 " contains commitments required by federal law. 

4 This document will be submi to EPA for approval as 

5 part of Maryland's SIP. 

6 The following ations under COMAR 26.11.26 

7 will be submitted to the ronmental Protection Agency 

8 (EPA) approval as part Maryland's State 

9 on Plan (SIP): 

10 COMAR 26.11.26.01 - Purpose and Scope 

11 COMAR 26.11.26.02 - Def tions 

12 COMAR 26.11.26.03 - Transportation Conformity 

13 COMAR 26.11.26.04 - Transportation Conformity 

14 ion in General 

15 COMAR 26.11.26.05 - Transportation Conformi 

16 Interagency Consultation rements 

17 COMAR 26.11.26.06 - Transportation Conformity ict 

18 Resolution Associated with Conformity Determinations. 

19 COMAR 26.11.26.07 - Transportation Conformity c 

20 ion Procedures 

21 COMAR 26.11.26.08 - Transportation Conformity 

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1 Interagency Consultation Procedures 

2 COMAR 26.11.26.09 General Conformity 

3 Consideration of Comments 

4 The Department 11 consider all comments 

5 before making a decis to submit all of these 

6 Conformity documents to EPA for approval as part 

7 Maryland's State Implementation Plan (SIP). 

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9 MS. RABIN: ease let the record show t no 

10 one has come to attend s public hearing; , 

11 s will conclude the public hearing regarding: 

12 (1) Maryland's Conformity regulations under 

13 COMAR 26.11.26; 

14 (2) submission of these regulations to 

15 ronmental Protection (EPA) for approval as 

16 of Maryland's State Implementation Plan (SIP), 

17 (3) a Maryland titled "Revision to 

18 and's Transportation ty State Implementation 

19 Plan" that will also be submitted to EPA for approval as 

20 rt of Maryland's SIP. 

21 Let the record reflect that it is now 10:36, 

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1 this hearing is lly concluded. 

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1 CERTIFICATE OF COURT REPORTER 

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3 I, Linda f, do hereby certify that 

4 foregoing transcr ion was reduced to typewriting via 

5 otapes recorded by me; that I am neither counsel 

6 nor ated to, nor employed by any of parties to 

7 case in which these proceedings were transcribed; that I 

8 am not a relative or loyee of any attorney or couns 

9 oyed by the parties hereto, nor financially or 

10 rwise interested in the outcome t action. 

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16 LINDA METCALF 

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